A fire broke out at a shoe sole factory at Textile intersection area under Bayezid Bostami Police Station of Chattogram city on Friday afternoon.
The fire started around 4.30 pm on the second floor of a 6-story building of Seem's Fashion and soon engulfed, said Shibli Sadiq, a firefighter of Bayezid Fire Service and Civil Defence Station.
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On information, six firefighting units from Bayezid, Agrabad and Chandanpura fire stations rushed to the spot and are working to douse the blaze, he added.
The reason behind the fire could not be known immediately, he added.